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fundraising success! Check out our donations so far for the year!

5/17/2021

With events coming back around in full swing, we're excited to be able to do more fundraising again! Thanks to your support at the Darksome Art & Craft Market Out of the Crypt event, we were able to raise and donate $160 to Paws 4 a Cure! And through sales of our Detoxic Avenger blend, and from our site PURRsonaliTeas.com we were also able to donate $50 each to People for Animals and One Love Animal Rescue! Thanks so much everyone! Our next fundraiser will take place during the Darksome Art & Craft Market's Summer Darkness event, where we will take 10% of sales to buy supplies/food for The Volunteer Auxiliary for Animal Shelters, a local animal rescue group we volunteer with!

catfight coffee beans now being used in our tea/coffee hybrid blends!

5/9/2021

Who said coffee and tea can't get along?!

When you have those days where you just can't decide which one to have...why pick one over the other when you can have both? :) That's exactly why we created our Black Tea No. 1 and Terrormisu blends, and why we have a THIRD hybrid blend in the works!

Our tea/coffee hybrid blends have been some of our best-selling blends, but we really wanted to make them even better by upgrading the coffee beans being used.

Since we do all of our blends in small batches to keep our inventory fresh and since we are very customer oriented, we really wanted to find a coffee company to collaborate with that has those same values for their own products and customers. We also wanted to find a small business that is more local to us, as we find it's super important to give support to your fellow small business community. In conclusion, that is why we felt Catfight Coffee was the best choice for us and we are happy to be collaborating with them!

Catfight Coffee's Black Magic Roast can now be found in our Terrormisu blend, and the Catapult Espresso Roast can now be found in our Black Tea No. 1 blend. We hope you enjoy the updates to these blends as much as we do. If you haven't already done so, please feel free to check out Catfight Coffee!

Advent Calendar holiday fundraiser!

12/19/2020

We're here to spread a little holiday cheer today!

Remember those advent calendars we sold recently as part of our holiday fundraiser?! Well...thanks to your support we were able to make some great donations this holiday season to two great organizations!

We donated $200 worth of food & supplies to the Volunteer Auxiliary for Animal Shelters Inc. (a rescue that's near and dear to our hearts) , and we also donated $250 worth of gift cards to Ocean of Love Inc that will go to two families for the holidays!

Thanks so much for making our fundraiser a success this year!

May-Oct Tea for a Cause Donations made

10/11/2020

The majority of donations made below were originally made in the form of a pledge for animals at high risk of euthanasia in high volume animal shelters. Pledges made are honored once these animals have been pulled into rescue. Having said that, we are happy to report that many of the donations you see below are honored pledges...meaning those particular animals were pulled into rescue and are now safe! Please note that all of the organizations we donated to are linked to their appropriate sites, so please feel free to check them out if you'd like to donate!

Adopt Me Meow - $15
Cat Assistance NY - $15
Mr. MO Project Senior Dog Rescue Inc. - $10
Feline Urban Rescue & Rehab Inc - $25
Volunteer Auxiliary for Animal Shelters - $20
Carolina Sanctuary & Rescue - $10
Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary - $10

Brutaliteas gets A Shoutout in the New York Times?!

10/11/2020

We're not quite sure how it happened, but BrutaliTeas recently got a little shoutout in The New York Times!

A recent article written for Pitch Black North also made mention of other tea brands inspired by music.

As a small company in a very niche market, we are so excited and grateful that we made it on the list of those mentioned!

Click here to view full article!

Donations made so far for 2020

4/12/2020

Check out where we've donated so far, thanks to sales and donations from brutaliteas & purrsonaliteas!

$10 donation made to Ready for Rescue, honoring a pledge made on Facebook for an animal at high risk of euthansia at a high volume animal shelter. Animal was pulled by this rescue and is safe <3

$20 donation made to The Volunteer Auxiliary for Animal Shelters at a local fundraising event. Donation made goes towards the care of animals in foster or in need of veterinary care.

$10 donation made to Amster Dog, Inc, honoring a pledge made on Facebook for an animal at high risk of euthansia at a high volume animal shelter. Animal was pulled by this rescue and is safe <3

$45 donation made to Feline Rescue of Staten Island, honoring a pledge made for multiple animals at high risk of euthansia at a high volume animal shelter. All animals pledged for have been pulled by this rescue and are safe <3

Check Back again soon, as we plan to make more donations in the near future! AS always, We thank you for your continued support!

Christmas advent Calendar Fundraiser

12/26/2019

This holiday season, we decided to switch our fundraising up a bit! We recently did tea advent calendars, where we took $5 from each advent calendar sale to raise donations to grant wishes on One Simple Wish, an organization that helps to grant wishes for children and young adults impacted by foster care, abuse and neglect.

So, thanks to all of YOU that purchased our advent calendars, we were able to raise $235 to grant wishes on One Simple Wish! Check out what wishes we were able to grant.

We granted a wish for Justin to go to the San Diego Zoo since he is a HUGE animal lover (especially cats!) and loves to volunteer at his local SPCA. Justin even messaged us back to tell us how excited he was to be able to go to the zoo on Christmas Eve this year!

We also granted a wish for Glenda to spend a day having fun at Dave and Busters, since she was so kind and donated her own time to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity! We also granted a wish for a group home child to go to the movies, and a wish to contribute toward a bday gift for a young person working hard in college to get a higher education for themselves!

Thank you all for your support of our advent calendars! You all helped to brighten someone’s day ❤️❤️#brutaliteas #teaforacause #onesimplewish #givingisgood

Be Kind to All Kinds Fundraising event!

11/30/2019

In November, we partnered up with Sweet Music Academy to co-host a fundraising event called "Be Kind to All Kinds" (People & Animals).

This event was a fun, family friendly event with a handful of local musicians performing their own acoustic sets. We also used this event as a way to help raise food donations for Fulfill, and food/supply donations for the Volunteer Auxiliary for Animal Shelters Inc.

Thanks to your support of our Detoxic Avenger blend, donations at events, and purchases on our auction page, we were able to purchase $100 worth of much needed food and supplies for the Volunteer Auxiliary. Guests in attendance, as well as customers of Sweet Music Academy, were also so kind as to bring numerous food and supply donations for both organizations! The event was a great success, and very heartwarming!

When Between the Buried and me posts about your tea....

6/16/2019

So, there's always that fear in the back of our minds (or at least in my anxiety ridden mind) that there's going to be some band out there that totally hates us parodying them with our tea...but so far any band that's found us or a tea parodying them has been so insanely awesome and even flattered by it!

We recently vended at the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, and one of our customers informed us they wanted to buy some Between the Blueburied and Me for their cousin... who just happened to be in the band. We offered to gift it to them since it was going to a member of the band, but they were so awesome that they insisted on purchasing it.

Fast forward a couple of months, and we got surprised with this amazing little post on Instagram from Between the Buried and Me's very own drummer, Blake Richardson! We totally love it!

Hands down the BEST part about doing all of this are the reactions that we get from all of you when you see and try our teas...which is all smiles and laughs! It makes our hearts even happier to see when a band totally digs it, too! Thanks so much for the support Blake. Keep doing what your'e doing and being an inspiration to others! <3

The beautiful people...the beautiful people!

6/16/2019

It's been some time since we've updated you on all of the awesome people we've been sharing our tea with! Check it out!

Sharing some Rocky Road Picture show with meatloaf!

Malcolm MCDowell.. loved 'em all and even gave us an idea for a new blend that's coming soon!

Doug Bradley (Pinhead)
wondering what the hell raisins are doing in a tea

Adrienne King and a little Chai day the 13th!

The look of relief on Steven weber's face when you give him some chai ning and save him from lingering, drunken older women swooning over him....

Sharing the Crowconut with Rochelle Davis

Hey, Neve Campbell?!
What's your favorite tea? Screamsicle?!

GWar!!!!
disappointed that our Assam A go-Go does not contain any illegal substances.
Worthless humans!

Sharing some Chai Ning with Danny Lloyd

Richard Dreyfuss is going to need a bigger cup for his jams!

Some night of the living red apple for
john russo

Derek mears loved his chai day the 13th!

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